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Also known as
Bonny Pit Laddie (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Genre/Style
English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
ENGLAND(North East)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:J. Collingwood Bruce & John Stokoe
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Tune and/or Page number
p. 150
Year of publication/Date of MS
1882
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BONNY KEEL LADDIE . AKA and see "The Bonny Pit Laddie." English, Jig and Air. England, Northumberland. Same tune as "Bonny Pit Laddie," with these words:
My bonny keel laddie, my canny keel laddie,
My bonny keel laddie for me, O!
He sits in his keel as black as the deil,' '
And he brings the white money to me, O! (Stokoe)
Printed source: Stokoe & Bruce (Northumbrian Minstrelsy ), 1882; p. 150.
X:1
T:Bonny Pit Laddie (The)
T:Bonny Keel Laddie (The)
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Northumbrian Minstrelsy
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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